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    Ford Takes @ $20 BILLION ‘Write Down’ and Dumps the EV F-150 Lightning

    Why the ridiculous range requirement? My HD diesel can’t go 600 miles, towing or not. Unloaded at reasonable highway speeds I can do about 500 miles and towing a travel trailer or with my camper in the bed I can do about 350.
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    Ford Takes @ $20 BILLION ‘Write Down’ and Dumps the EV F-150 Lightning

    They’re still planning to produce it. They cancelled the full EV version and kept the EREV for now. I’m definitely interested in it. Electric charging at home for most of my driving but easy to drive distances and be off in the middle of nowhere camping/hunting/fishing and run off the onboard...
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    It’s A Bad Thing (?) To Allow Scout Motors’ to sell cars directly to customers !

    It’s the same argument used in every industry. If something is new and better but threatens the financial wellbeing of the established businesses it is always attacked under the guise of “protecting the consumer” when in reality it’s just protecting business bottom lines. No one wants to sit at...
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    If you drove a EV truck, with a camper top

    The pilot handshake is accomplished by using resistors to trick the charger in the absence of a BMS communicating it. I suppose someone sells it premade which would be easier. I was assuming you wanted to have a J1772 or NACS plug on the camper rather than a standard TT30 plug to avoid using...
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    If you drove a EV truck, with a camper top

    It would be a bit of work. For a level 2 (AC) you’d either need the BMS/controller to communicate with the charger (or a kinda janky resistor setup to trick it) and a converter to step the 240v AC down to whatever DC battery you’re charging. For level 3 (DC) you’d need the BMS/controller to...
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    If you drove a EV truck, with a camper top

    Why would you feel bad?
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    Coming Thursday…the ReNewed Ram TRX 1500

    Good times for all those people who spent a bunch of extra money on marked up “final edition” TRXs a couple years back.
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    Aviation sub-category? Bush flying, helicopters, etc?

    I looked at a Scout. The extra legal useful load would have been nice but the price was a fair bit higher and the plane wasn’t in anywhere near as good condition.
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    Aviation sub-category? Bush flying, helicopters, etc?

    That’s a good looking plane. Mine’s a 7GCBC so I have flaps. Slips are still useful though even with the flaps.
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    Aviation sub-category? Bush flying, helicopters, etc?

    Denali off in the background and a nice view of the panel in the Citabria.
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    Starlink Mini Power Setup Questions

    I don’t see how it would be an alternative to a Garmin GPS. The internet connection can let you access more maps and information without planning ahead to download at home but it’s not exactly portable and would require extra devices and power sources to be a usable navigation aid.
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    What did you cook today? Photo thread

    Smoked beef short rib sliced down to the bone with potatoes shoved in the slices and coated with butter, garlic, parsley and parmesan.
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    Aviation sub-category? Bush flying, helicopters, etc?

    Taxied two rows over from transient to my assigned spot.
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    Aviation sub-category? Bush flying, helicopters, etc?

    Not a great picture but oh well. Citabria 7GCBC with nice low hours on a frame up rebuild and total overhaul O320. Figure I’ll put some work in on pavement this winter with the current tires and then put some 26” or 29” bushwheels on in the spring for getting out and around on. The engine cover...
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    Aviation sub-category? Bush flying, helicopters, etc?

    Not that one, but a different one. Waiting on the weather to clear up enough for a flight from Willow back up to Fairbanks. I’ll post pictures once I get it home.
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